[macpappy]

Three reasons.

1. It's called respecting your conference rivals. There are very seldom any easy conference games.

2. It's because the SEC is the best college football conference as proven by the number of BCS Championships SEC teams have won.

3. It's because we're tired of always having USC shoved to the top by the sports media because it's the glamour program and we're tired of always having freaking Notre Dame on the TV every weekend. Notre (when did we last have a winning season) Dame football is not a powerhouse.

And here's one more thing to consider:
"I can pick on my brother but if you pick on him, I'll whip you ..."
That's the attitude that I see a lot here in the south when it comes to football.